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Where does “-atjaną” come from?

-atjaną (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European -dyé-.

-atjaną (Proto-Germanic): Creates intensive verbs

Definitions

  1. Creates intensive verbs

Ancestry of “-atjaną”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European-dyé-—

Words derived from “-atjaną”

  • thicket
  • grunt
  • disgruntled
  • grunting
  • waft
  • disgruntlement
  • elt
  • grunter
  • wafture
  • thicketed
  • grunty
  • thickety
  • waftage
  • gruntle
  • disgruntledly
  • gruntingly
  • wafty
  • yeet
  • gruntling
  • gruntlike
  • upwaft
  • begruntle
  • grunt work
  • gruntometer
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -dyé- →